Regional & Federal Studies

🎉 Good news for Italian academics!
Our journal has already been ranked as a top one (Fascia A) for political science (14/A2) in the Italian system. It has now also been recognised as 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗔 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘄 (𝟭𝟰/𝗖𝟯).

We look forward to receiving your contributions!

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇩🇪 F. Spohr, P. Bernhagen, K. Krüger & F. Goldberg examined the routes for influence-seeking of #interestgroups in #Germany.
How do interest groups #lobby at different levels of government to influence 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇪🇸 What shapes Spain’s regional 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀?

Read the article by @anddreupm.bsky.social
@msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Spain #power #federalism #decentralization

📰𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Take a look at the new Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 36, Issue 1 (2026) 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/c...

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇧🇪Ann-Mireille Sautter used the example of 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵-𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 to show how different generations understand 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Is the 'consociational mood' coming to an 𝗲𝗻𝗱?

Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Belgium #Dutch #regionalization

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇮🇳 What drives 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 to seek statehood?
Read the article by Dingkun Lei and Huming Li on Telangana statehood movement here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#identity #statehood #Telangana #India

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇪🇸 @santiagolagop.bsky.social @mariacadaval.bsky.social A. Herrero-Alcalde & Xoan Fernández-Leiceaga examined the influence on knowledge of and preferences for #fiscal #equalisation in #Spain.
💰 What is the role of regional identities?
Read the article here👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇳🇬 How are 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮’s democratic institutions being systematically hollowed out, while electoral rituals are maintained?
Read the article by Onyedikachi Madueke here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Nigeria #democracy #autocracy #federalism

Authoritarian state-driven regionalism before and after the war: the case of the Russian Far East This paper examines Moscow's policy toward the Russian Far East through the lens of authoritarian state-driven regionalism (ASDR) – a policy that is pursued by the central government regarding subn...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇷🇺 Authoritarian state-driven regionalism before and after the war: the case of the Russian Far East

Read the new article by Irina Busygina here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Russia #regionalism #authoritarian

Fiscal asymmetry and subnational social spending: decoding India’s federal experience This article examines how fiscal imbalances in India's federal system influence subnational governments' spending on health and education. We show that the disparity in budgetary allocations to soc...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇮🇳 Fiscal asymmetry and subnational social spending: decoding India’s federal experience

Read the new article by K. S. Harikrishnan & Gourishankar S. Hiremath here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#India #fiscal #federalism

Informal governance in hybrid federalism as a tool of containment, not transformation: the case of Nepal Nepal’s 2015 federalization promised greater autonomy for marginalized groups, particularly the Madheshis. Yet rather than dispersing power, federalism has entrenched central dominance. This articl...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇳🇵 Informal governance in hybrid federalism as a tool of containment, not transformation: the case of 𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗹

Read the new article by Durukan Imrie-Kuzu & Kalyan Mathema here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Nepal #federalism #governance

💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇩🇪 You can find the blog post by Florian Spohr, Patrick Bernhagen, Krispin Krüger and Felix Goldberg here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2026/ho...

How interest groups lobby on multiple levels to influence national laws in Germany.

Read our latest blog with @regfedst.bsky.social by Florian Spohr, Patrick Bernhagen, Krispin Krüger and Felix Goldberg.

Read more: edin.ac/3Nv6Ej4

🎆 The end of 2025 is near, and a very fruitful year has been had by our journal.
Below are some suggestions for your reading 👉 www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
Thank you to all the authors and readers around the world.
We look forward to the new year ahead!

Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: career patterns and party institutionalisation in the Lega (Nord) Party institutionalisation (PI) is a key concept in research on political parties, indicating organisational and ideological consolidation. In this study, we propose to consider the career patterns...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇮🇹 Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in the Lega (Nord)
Read the new article by @gippone.bsky.social & Sofia Marini here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Italy #Lega #party #career

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇳🇴 ⚠️ Is there a rural–urban divide in 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, and if so, is it contextual or compositional?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Philip Toney here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Norway #risk #urban #rural

💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇯🇵 You can find the blog post by Andrew Stevens and Naoki Fujiwara here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ja...

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
❓🇩🇪 EM Trüdinger, A Hildebrandt, S Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social analysed answers to an open-ended 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 question in #Germany.
What do citizens associate with the concept of #federalism?

🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

Japan’s new sub-capital plan: regional revival, disaster insurance or the start of a Tokyo–Osaka mega-region?

Read our new blog with @regfedst.bsky.social by Naoki Fujiwara & Andrew Stevens

Read more: edin.ac/3XXKxnx

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇳🇱 Which factors influence 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 in 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Pieter Zwaan and Wiebren Kuindersma here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2568658

#multilevel #governance #netherlands #nature

I’m very happy to learn that my article RETHINKING SHARED RULE AS INTERGOVERNMENTAL LOBBYING has received second place in the BEST ARTICLE PRIZE @regfedst.bsky.social !🙏

I take this recognition as a sign of the potential in bringing together federalism with research on interest groups and lobbying

Our article (with @jfdaoust.bsky.social) was a runner-up for @regfedst.bsky.social’s 2025 Best Article Prize!

Using CES 2000-2021, we show that attitudes toward Quebec sovereignty still structure federal vote choice.

Congrats to Pranav Gupta & Pradeep Chhibber for their winning article!

🏆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🏆
Congratulations also to the 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀-𝘂𝗽 articles by @rfrbrghs.bsky.social and by @jfdaoust.bsky.social & @thomasgp.bsky.social
⌛ You can find 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀-𝘂𝗽 of all editions here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/journals/frf...

🏆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🏆
The 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 is “Bureaucratic connections and local development: A study of Palwal district in India” by Pranav Gupta & Pradeep Chhibber.
You can find it in free access here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

Exposure to decentralization and income inequality: evidence from Cameroon With a pseudo-panel constructed using the two most recent representative Cameroonian household consumption surveys, we investigate the influence of exposure to decentralization on household income ...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇨🇲 Exposure to 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: evidence from Cameroon
Read the new article by Pascaline Njungoh Fozao, Ebenezer Lemven Wirba & Francis Menjo Baye here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Income #inequality #decentralization #Cameroon

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇱🇧 🇮🇶 Under what conditions are 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 established, and when are they effective?

🔓 Read the #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#power #agreement #Lebanon #Iraq

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇪🇹 What is the 𝗱𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 in the Ethiopian federation?
🔓 Read the article by Nigussie Daba Heyi here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Ethiopia #autonomy #federalism

💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇧🇪🇬🇧🇪🇸 You can find the blog post by Judith Sjistermans, Coree Brown Swan, and Paul Anderson here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ho...

New blog!

How state and sub-state nationalists subsume crisis into longstanding territorial conflicts

By @jsijstermans.bsky.social, Coree Brown Swan & @paulanderson88.bsky.social for the CCC & @regfedst.bsky.social

Read more: edin.ac/3M6RGPV

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇩🇪 How do 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆 at different levels of government influence national legislation in Germany?

🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Florian Spohr, Patrick Bernhagen, Krispin Krüger & Felix Goldberg 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#lobby #multilevel #EU #Germany